2020 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 4 - Puerto Rico
Subchapter VII - Low Rent Housing Projects and Elimination of Sub-Standard Housing
Sec. 915 - Bonds as public debt

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Citation 48 U.S.C. § 915 (2020)
Section Name §915. Bonds as public debt
Section Text

Such bonds shall not be a debt of Puerto Rico or any municipality, and shall not constitute a public indebtedness within the meaning of section 3 of the Act of Congress approved March 2, 1917, entitled "An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes", as amended.

Source Credit

(June 25, 1938, ch. 703, §5, 52 Stat. 1203.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 3 of the Act of Congress approved March 2, 1917, referred to in text, is section 3 of act Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, 39 Stat. 953. The provisions of section 3 of the Act limiting the public indebtedness of Puerto Rico and of certain municipalities thereof were contained in section 745 of this title, prior to the amendment made to that section by Pub. L. 87–121, §1, Aug. 3, 1961, 75 Stat. 245, which struck out those provisions. See 1961 Amendment note under section 745 of this title.

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act which comprises this chapter.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
CHAPTER 4 - PUERTO RICO
SUBCHAPTER VII - LOW RENT HOUSING PROJECTS AND ELIMINATION OF SUB-STANDARD HOUSING
Sec. 915 - Bonds as public debt
Contains section 915
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 39 Stat. 953
52 Stat. 1203
75 Stat. 245
Public Law References Public Law 87-121
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